"FRAGMENTS - A HISTORY ABOUT JAIME" | DOCUMENTAL VIDEO OF THE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
“You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all... Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it we are nothing.”
(Luis Buñuel)
This artistic installation, while extension of the character's body adapted in question, Jaime, in which the entire structure investigante that sustains, in addition to its interactive nature, predisposes to the intervener this space, the freedom of choice in the construction of this narrative - or the combination of these elements for the independent free understanding of its totality. This work, while artistic object of multimedia, elucidates the spectator before certain clinical problems such as the deficits of memory, being this character victim of Korsakoff Syndrome - neuropathology defined by degeneration of certain parts of the cerebral cortex, from the excessive abuse of alcohol, which through the lesions created prevents the patient to recall and recreate new memories - composed by anterograde amnesia and retrograde.
"What happens when a person loses the notion of its age? Without memories, it is possible to have a self?"
Dr. Oliver Sacks, in "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat": The Lost Mariner
Sound Design by Nuno Castro and João Polido
“You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all... Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it we are nothing.”
(Luis Buñuel)
Esta instalação artística, enquanto extensão do corpo da personagem adaptada em causa, Jaime, no qual toda a estrutura investigante que se sustenta, além do seu carácter interativo, predispõe ao interveniente deste espaço, a liberdade de escolha na construção desta narrativa – ou da combinação independente destes elementos para a livre compreensão da sua totalidade. Esta obra, enquanto objeto artístico de multimédia, elucida o espectador perante certos problemas clínicos como os défices de memória, sendo esta personagem vítima do Síndrome de Korsakoff – neuropatologia definida pela degeneração de certas partes do córtex cerebral, proveniente do abuso excessivo de álcool, que através das lesões criadas impossibilita o paciente de relembrar e recriar novas memórias – constituída pela amnésia anterógrada e retrógrada.
Dr. Oliver Sacks, in "O Homem Que Confundiu a Sua Mulher Por Um Chapéu"/"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat": The Lost Mariner
Design de som: Nuno Castro e João Polido
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